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Spot-fixing: 15 more IPL matches under scanner
S Sreesanth, India's Test cricketer, and his Rajasthan Royals team-mates Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila, will be soon questioned by the Delhi Police'...
Milk powder samples to be tested
The Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) has decided to send samples of milk powder to foreign labs after there were reports that some milk powders contain...
665 lobsters confiscated by customs
Eight boxes containing 665 live lobsters was confiscated by customs at Bandaranaike airport today morning (May 17.) The customs have uncovered that the...
Teacher arrested for molesting 10 year old girl
A teacher attached to Asoka College, Colombo 10 was arrested today (May 15)
for molesting a year 5 student of a popular girls’ school. He had molested...
90 cartons of illegal cigarettes confiscated
90 cartons of cigarettes, valued at Rs 600 000, were confiscated by the customs today (May 14) at Bandaranaike airport. The cigarettes were concealed in...
Baratha’s family to join CBK
Family members of Baratha Lakshman Premachandra have
decided to support former president Chandrika Bandaranaike
Kumarathunga as the current administration...
UNP will not win until Sajith, Karu and Dayasiri become leaders – Maithree Gunarathne
United National Party (UNP) will never win elections until
charismatic young leaders are given a chance to lead said
southern provincial councilor Maithree...
Most young girls molested by their boyfriends
Police claim that most of the young girls are sexually molested by their boyfriends. Meanwhile a study conducted by National Child Protection Authority...
Imran Khan's accident triggers wave of sympathy in Pakistan
Imran Khan, a leading candidate in this week's general election inPakistan, was rushed to hospital with a skull fracture and injured back on Tuesday after...
Google's Gmail faces yet another outage; shows 502 error
Google's Gmail was unavailable to users for the second time in a week's time. Hit by a temporary outage, the Gamil website returned an Error 502 message....
We are not leaving the government – SLMC leader
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) will not leave the government said its leader minister Rauff Hakeem. Talking to Sri Lanka News he said that media reports...
108 720 people affected by flash floods
108 720 people (24 177 families) have been affected by flash floods in Gampaha
and Colombo. 7627 people (1819 families,) are living is evacuation cen...
Head and hands of murdered housemaid sent back from Lebanon
Relatives of a housemaid murdered in Lebanon found that the employers had only sent back her head and her arms. A blow to the head caused the victim’s,...
Protecting the country is everyone’s responsibility – PM
Everyone has a responsibility to protect the nation said prime minister DM Jayarathne in parliament today (May 7.) He added that former deputy mayor of...
Go home if you don’t have self-respect – DIG Vaas Gunawardana tells policemen
Policemen who has no self-respect and can’t stand up to those who are aggressive should leave his police area said DIG Colombo – North division, Vaas Gunawardane....
Hirunika surprised at Duminda’s miraculous recovery
Hirunika Premachandra, daughter of slain politician
Baratha Lakshman Premachandra, told Sri Lanka News
that she is surprised that MP Duminda Silva, who...
Flash floods affect 2000 people
2212 people, 479 families, were affected by flash floods in Wattala and Gampaha. Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said that 331 persons, 81 families are...
Sri Lanka salvages plane shot down by rebels
The wreckage of a domestic Sri Lankan flight which was believed to have been shot down by Tamil Tiger rebels 15 years ago, has been salvaged for investigations,...
JVP protest electricity tariff hike
World Earth Day
A walk from Japanese Friendship bridge to Battaramulla Janakala Centre was organized to celebrate the World Earth Day today (April 22.)
Read more...Modernized Laksala Galle branch opens for public
Secretary Defence and Urban Development Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared open the renovated Laksala shopping complex in Galle yesterday (25th March 2013).
Read more...This ain’t over yet – BBS
Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) organization yesterday (March 12) said that they do not accept the measures taken by All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU) regarding the halal certificate. BBS added that they will continue their anti halal activities.
Read more...No more halal
Shehani Wijethunge
Shehani Wijethunge, who is a popular fashion and music
video model, is this week’s Sri Lanka News cover...
Cricket
Spot-fixing: 15 more IPL matches under scanner
S Sreesanth, India's Test cricketer, and his Rajasthan Royals team-mates Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila,...
Ajantha Mendis not in SL squad for Champions Trophy
Spinner Ajantha Mendis has been omitted from Sri Lanka’sa 15-member squad for the ICC Champions Trophy...
What happened to Rs 300 million of SLC money? – Thilanga asks
The current treasurer of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC)
Nushki Mohammad should explain how the SLC
spent Rs...
ICC adopts new no ball law
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has
introduced a new law on no balls. Now an umpire
can call...
SL cricketers will play in the IPL
Sri Lankan cricketers who were selected by Indian
Premiere League (IPL) franchises have confirmed their
desire...
Cartoon of the day (Views Larger)
Geetha Kumarasinghe throws a good cup of coffee
The meeting of Benthara local councilors held
yesterday (April 4) ended in chaos after councilor
Geetha Kumarasinghe threw a cup of hot coffee on
her colleague Ranjith Wickremesingha.
UPFA MP Thenuka Vidanagamage assaulted
United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) MP has been hospitalized after a group that arrived in a Defender jeep attacked him today (Jan 27.) The MP was leaving a restaurant in Kandy when the attack...
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Business News
Daya Holidays concludes a scenic tour of Sri Lanka for Miss Olga Alava (Miss Earth 2011) from Ecuador
The green beauty queen was very keen to see the Sri Lankan Elephants and was taken to the Pinnawala
Elephant Orphanage and...
GVR LANKA’S MIXED DEVELOPMENT - BOI PROJECT WILL BE AN “OASIS OF TRANQUILITY”
The BOI signed an investment agreement with GVR Lanka Pvt Ltd to set up the first ever Mixed Development Real Estate Project...
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